Viewers don't see his face, but Harris is the voice of Mission Control at the start of the film.

Harris recalled on "CBS This Morning: Saturday," "Alfonso (Cuaron) asked me if I would do (the part). It was pretty interesting because when I did that, in the studio, they had the footage, but it was just the faces and then the bodies were all like, almost cartoon drawings. I mean, they were very early on in the process because it took them forever. I enjoyed doing it. I was glad he asked me. He's a nice guy. It would have been nice if he'd mentioned my name at the Oscars."

In his new film, "The Face of Love," Harris plays a man who looks just like the late husband of a character played by Annette Bening.

He said Bening was someone he'd wanted to work with since they'd met through their theater work. "I always had a lot of respect for her, not only as an actress, but as a human being, and, so, we really had a good time. It was great working with her."

For more of the discussion with Harris, watch his full "CBS This Morning: Saturday" interview in the video above.